When certain symbols appear in a winning combination a special feature of the particular game theme is activated, which is a Bonus. Several items on the screen are presented to the player to choose. After choosing items a number of credits is revealed and awarded. There are bonuses that use a mechanical device, such as a spinning wheel. It is used in conjunction with the bonus for displaying the amount won.
A light on top of the slot machine is Candle. It flashes when change is needed and hand pay is requested.
A grouping of slot machines, usually in a circle or oval formation are called Carousel.
Coin hopper contains the coins that are immediately available for payouts. When a player collects credits this mechanical device rotates coins into the coin tray. When a certain preset coin capacity is reached, a coin diverter automatically redirects excess coins into a drop bucket, or drop box.
To display the amount of money or credits on the machine Credit meter is used.
Drop bucket or Drop box is a container located in a slot machine's base where excess coins are diverted from the hopper. A drop bucket can usually be found in low denomination slot machines. And a drop box is used for high denomination slot machines. There is a hinged lid with one or more locks in a drop box and there ais no such lid in a drop bucket. There is a scheduled basis on which the contents of drop buckets and drop boxes are collected and counted.
EGM is a short-hand for Electronic Gaming Machine.
The term Hand pay means a payout made by a slot attendant or cage, rather than the slot machine. A hand pay occurs when the amount of the payout is more than the maximum amount that was preset by the slot machine's operator. At the level where the operator must begin to deduct taxes the maximum amount is set. A short pay can also result in a and pay.
There is Hopper fill used to record the replenishments of the coin in the coin hopper after it becomes depleted as a result of making payouts to players. The slip indicates the amount of coins placed into the hoppers, the signatures of the employees involved in the transaction, the slot machine number and the location and the date.
A stool is included into Low Level or Slant Top slot machines, so you can sit and play. Playing Stand Up or Upright slot machines you won't be able to sit.
A payback percentage based on a gambler using the optimal strategy in a skill-based slot machine game is called Optimal play.
The term Payline means a straight or zigzagged line that crosses through one symbol on each reel, along which a winning combination is evaluated. There are up to nine pay lines in classic spinning reel machines while there can be one hundred pay lines in video slot machines.
Rollup is the process of dramatizing a win by playing sounds while the meters count up to the amount that has been won.
Short pay refers to a partial payout made by a slot machine, which is less than the amount due to the player. It can happen if the coin hopper has been depleted as a result of making earlier payouts to players. An attendant will come and re-fill the machine or the remaining amount will be paid as a hand pay.
A document provided by the manufacturer for all slot machines is called Theoretical Hold Worksheet. The theoretical percentage that the slot machine should hold based on adequate levels of coin-in is idicated in it. The reel strip settings, number of coins that may be played, the payout schedule, the number of reels and other information is indicated in the worksheet.
Weight count is an American term, referring to the dollar amount of coins or tokens removed from a slot machine's drop bucket or drop box and counted by the casino's hard count team through the use of a weigh scale.

There are a lot of myths and superstitions about slots.
You can spot a winning slot machine.
The only way you'll spot a winning slot machine is when the bells are ringing and the money is dropping. Slot machines use random numbergenerator and that's exactly that. Random.
Casinos place loose slots near the cashier, aisle ways, etc.
If this were true, it would be the only machines anyone would play. A casino mixes slots all over the casino floor. No one with any experience at playing slots would make a statement like this.
Count the number of symbols on the reels to determine your odds.
This is mathematically impossible, remember the RNG (random number generator) determines the stops. Thereare literally millions of combinations on a 3 reel slot machine, so there is no way of determining odds by the symbols on the reels alone.
Casinos can tighten or loosen slot machines from the back office.
It is not as simple as that. The casino can’t just change the chip of the slot machine. It is illegal and it has to be permitted by the commission.
A slot machine that has not been paying is due to hit.
Absolutely false. The RNG assures this. You have an equal chance of winning on a losing machine as you do on a machine that just paid out the jackpot.
Pulling the slot machine handle produces more wins than pressing the spin button and visa versa.
It is also a mistake. These things are only mechanisms for beginning the game. The machine knows whether you win or lose before the symbols begin to stop.
Playing with hot coins improves your chances.
It is false. Nothing can affect the outcome, the machine doesn’t care and doesn’t know whether your coins are cold or hot.
Casinos set slot machines to payback more on the weekends.
One more rude mistake. The chances and odds are always the same. It doesn’t matter when you play.

Every casino game has its own rules, features and of course etiquette. Slots are not an exception here. Even though playing the slots is primarily a solo activity, there are definite do's and don'ts when it comes to playing the slots. To decide whether to deal or not to deal with this slot machine is of great importance. As a gambler you are sure to have faced such a problem: you want to go to the bar or to the restroom, but still want to keep this slot. How can other understand that your machine is in play? If you hang a coin cup over the handle of the slot machine it will mean that this slot is in play by you. Placing the coin cup on the seat has the same meaning. Instead of the coin cup you can leave something of your belongings. For example, a jacket or a coat. But it will work in casinos where the cashless system is used. In your turn if you see somebody’s belongings or a coin cup never sit to this slot machine. You can sit to any other slot machine. Sometimes you can find in the slot machine a card left by the previous player. If it happens to you, put the card on the top of the slot machine. The player will come back and find it easily. Nowadays most casinos allow smoking while playing. Of course, others will hardly like it, so try to make as few inconveniences as possible. The last etiquette rule is tipping a person, who brings you the winning. In the case of a jackpot tip him with 0,5% of your jackpot.

It is true that slots are designed to be honest and not to deceive a player. However, in the past certain manufacturers have been caught using computer chips that cheat the customer.
In the old days, slot machines worked mechanically, with independent wheels spinning until they each stopped randomly. Modern slots are much different. Now the integral part of any slot machine is a chip, which is programmed to select numbers randomly. The numbers the computer selects correspond to the symbols that appear on the slot machine’s screen. There is a computer code. It generates the random numbers and determines whether the slot machine is loose or tight. The gaming inspector will examine the machine to make sure it will not deceive the player. There is a legal rate according to which the machine has to pay out. Of course it can pay lower, which happen very seldom.
Because slot machines don’t pay off with every spin, it’s difficult for customers to tell whether a slot machine’s chip has been programmed to pay off less often than is legally required. Before the machines are installed in casinos they are examined by inspectors. But you must understand that inspectors can’t examine every machine. They examine the brands. In the case of the approval of the brand the manufactures can produce the slot machines, even change them if it doesn’t go out legal bounds. Some dishonest manufactures use the right to produce machines, but use a different chip, which is programmed to pay less or not so often.
For example, the Nevada Gaming Commission caught American Coin using chips that did not allow poker royal flushes. Similarly, Universal Distributing Company was caught programming machines to show a “near miss” of a jackpot. The player would never hit a jackpot but keep on playing maximum bets. Don’t keep silent if you come across such slot machine. In the case if the complaint the inspectors will visir the casino and check whether the machines have a legal chip. Manufacturers that cheat are fined or they can lose their license.

Have you ever met a man who has managed to cheat slots?
It is impossible to cheat the slot machine, but to improve the payout is possible. It was proved by a gambler whose name was Tommy Glenn Carmichael.
Tommy is now 53 and he can be said to have spent all his life inventing different devices to cheat slot machines. His first invention worked, but not for a long period of time as he was sentenced to prison for using it. Upon his release, he continued to work on the problem and to devise a better way to cheat the new slot machines. For example, he invented a tool called a slider made from guitar wire that he used to insert into the machine and trip a switch, which released coins from the hopper.
When the slots were computerized he needed a new tool. Tommy found a manufacture who showed him the inside of a slot machine. From that experience, he learned what he needed to know to beat it. His new inventions was a light want that blinded the sensor of the slot machine and as a result got winnings. Other gamblers liked his invention and he had a lot of customers, which allowed him to earn up to ,000 a day. He drove expensive cars, took cruises, and bought two houses.
But as known good things can’t last forever. While using his devise Tommy was caught by the police. While charges from that incident were later dropped, he was caught under similar circumstances in Laughlin and later Atlantic City. By this time, authorities had tapped his phone and recorded conversations with other cheats who used his device. He served three years’ probation and lost both homes. He has been banned from entering any casino.